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Nigeria is holding talks with the World Bank to help it fund a forecast $ 11bn (£7.7bn) budget deficit as it copes with falling oil revenue.
BBC News – Africa

A game of full court, one-on-one after a lengthy practice session can be grueling work, but there D.J.
Oklahoma City Thunder

A’s catcher Stephen Vogt underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow Friday morning and is “fully expected to be ready by Opening Day,” the club stated in a release.
OAK Homepage News

Enes Kanter’s eyes grew wide with shock when he heard the numbers. To him, and many in Oklahoma City, the figures were unbelievable.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Companies should be taxed on their UK sales, not profits, former Conservative Chancellor Lord Lawson says, after the row over Google’s tax arrangements.
BBC News – Business

The main Syrian opposition group is in Geneva for peace talks but says the Assad government must meet its demands if negotiations are to start.
BBC News – Middle East

The number of pregnant women in Colombia infected with the Zika virus – linked to birth defects – doubles in a week to nearly 2,000, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Turkey’s foreign ministry says it has summoned the Russian ambassador after a Russian plane violated its airspace near the Syrian border.
BBC News – Europe

David Cameron asks a Labour MP to examine why black offenders are more likely to be jailed than white offenders in English and Welsh courts.
BBC News – UK

Liberal-leaning New York Times backs Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John Kasich as they bid to become their parties’ candidates in US presidential elections.
BBC News – US & Canada

A British helicopter pilot has been shot dead by elephant poachers he was tracking in Tanzania, the conservation charity for which he was working says.
BBC News – Africa

MLB.com’s Top 100 Prospects list was unveiled Friday, and it features a trio of players in the A’s organization: shortstop Franklin Barreto, lefty Sean Manaea and first baseman Matt Olson. Barreto is ranked at No. […]

Sitting in the press conference room 105 minutes before tip-off, Thunder Head Coach Billy Donovan said after a grueling four-game road sw
Oklahoma City Thunder

The multi-part Around the Horn series, which features a position-by-position look at Oakland’s projected starters and backup options heading into the season, resumes in center field.
OAK Homepage News

Tesco is stopping offering 24-hour shopping at 76 of its stores – around one in five – as online shopping hits customer numbers.
BBC News – Business

Peace talks on Syria begin in Geneva, but the main opposition groups have so far stayed away.
BBC News – Middle East

President Dilma Rousseff calls on the whole of Brazilian society to help combat the spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Unidentified attackers throw a live hand grenade at a migrant hostel in south-western Germany but it fails to detonate, police say.
BBC News – Europe

UK mother Tareena Shakil, who took her toddler son to Syria, is found guilty of joining the so-called Islamic State and encouraging terror.
BBC News – UK

US and UK spy agencies have hacked into Israeli air force communications since the 1990s, documents linked to US whistleblower Edward Snowden say.
BBC News – US & Canada